Quirky’s Power Pivot Mini Is A Power Strip In Your Pocket
The one big advantage of traveling in the U.S is that I get to use your crappy, cheap-ass two-pin power plugs. I love that these small pieces of junk can fold up even smaller. Compare this to taking a vacation to the UK, where the adapters are the size of 1980s-era cellphones and young citizens have to be trained in the use of their safety features.
All of which is a roundabout (and culturally insulting) way to say I love Quirky’s new Pivot Power Mini, a tiny lightbulb-sized adapter which converts a single socket into two USB ports and a pair of power-points.
The cylindrical(ish) unit opens up (somewhat) like a book to reveal the extra AC outlets, but you can use it folded as a USB charger. The blurb doesn’t mention high-current USB charging so we’ll assume that this one is for iPhones and iPads mini only.
And finally, I love how it reminds me of an X-Wing. A dorky X-Wing, but still.
The Pivot Power mini is just $25, or less than buying a single charger from Apple.
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Charlie Sorrel sits in his gadget nerve-center in Barcelona, Spain, and spits out words about various weird plastic widgets while the sun shines outside his iCave. Previously found at Wired.com's Gadget Lab covering cameras, power cables and sneaking in as much Apple-centric coverage as he could, Charlie spends his rare moments outside perched atop a bicycle and snapping photos. You can follow him on Twitter via 
